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Hikosan; village and mountain in the province of Buzen, Kiusiu. The altitude of 

 the village above the sea is 1,850 feet, that of the mountain 3,850 feet. 



Hiruzen; mountains in the San-yodo. 



Hitachi; province on the east coast of Hondo, northeast of Tokyo. 



Hizen; province in northwestern Kiusiu, in which Nagasaki is situated. . 



HitJGA; province on the southeast coast of Kiiisiu. 



HoA-PiN-su; one of the islets forming the Pinnacle group, northeast of Formosa. 



HoKi; province in the western end of Hondo, facing the Sea of Japan, opposite the 

 Oki Islands. 



Hokkaido; Japanese name for the island of Yezo and its adjoining administrative 

 dependencies, such as the Kuril Islands. 



HoKO-To; Japanese name for the Pescadores Archipelago. 



Hokwato; Japanese name of Agincourt Island. 



Hondo, or Honshu; main island of Japan, often called Nippon, or Niphon, by earlier 

 writers. 



Idzu, or Izu; province on the island of Hondo, forming the peninsula east of Tokyo 

 between the bays of Sagami and Suruga. 



Idzumo, or Izumo; province in the western extremity of Hondo, facing the Sea of Japan, 

 west of Hoki. 



Iga; province situated inland in southern Hondo at the base of the peninsula between 

 the bays of Owari and Osaka. 



Iheya Islands; small cluster of islands northwest of the north end of Okinawa shima, 

 Riu Kill. 



Iki shima; large island off the northwest coast of Kiiisiu, between the latter and Tsu- 

 shima. 



Inaba; province in southwestern Hondo, facing the Sea of Japan, east of Hoki. 



Inatori; town in the province of Idzu, opposite 0-shima, less than 10 miles north- 

 east of Shimoda. 



Iriomote shima; largest island of the Yaeyama subgroup, Riu Kiu. . 



Ise; province in southern Hondo, on the east side of Owari Bay. 



IsHiGAKi shima; easternmost island of the Yaeyama subgi'oup, Riu Kiu. 



Itigawa; river in the province of Tamba. 



Iwami; province in the extreme western portion of Hondo, facing the Sea of Japan. 



Iwashiro; interior province of northern Hondo, between 37° and 38° north latitude. 



Izu; same as Idzu. 



Izumo; same as Idzumo. 



Jeso, Jesso, or Jezo; same as Yezo. 



Jokohama; same as Yokohama. 



Kaga; province on the west coast of Hondo, facing the Sea of Japan south of Noto. 



Kakeroma shima, or Kageruma shima; island south of Amami-6-shima, Riu Kiu, 

 separated from it by a narrow strait. 



Karafuto; Japanese name for Sakhalin. 



Katona shima; same as Kakeroma shima. 



Kawachi; province of southern Hondo, east of Osaka. 



Kazusa; province in Hondo, occupying the basal }>ortion of the peninsida east of the 

 Bay of Tokyo. 



Kelung; port situated near the northern extremity of Formosa. 



Kerama shima; small cluster of islands due west of the south end of Okinawa shima, 

 Riu Kiu, the largest of which is Tokashiki shima. 



Kidzugawa, or Kizugawa; river in the province of Yaraashiro, joining the river 

 Yodogawa a short distance south of Kyoto. 



Kii; province in southern Hondo, occupying the southern extremity of the penin- 

 sula between the bays of Owari and Osaka. 



Khrun; Japanese name for Kelung. 



